topic Re: field value to a variable in Splunk Search

field value to a variable

smolcj — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:48:09 GMT

Hi,
I have tried assigning the field value to a variable using text box and dropdown box. Is it possible to directly assign a field value to a variable and display in a form using html. it means i don't want the output as a table but in a text format. when i am uploading a file i need the certain field values in text format.
suppose my field is xyz and for sourcefile ABC it have only one value(mostly it will be a single value for one sourcefile)
so, how can i display in the dashboard or in a view like "value for the field: $field_value$ "
is it possible?
help me please
thanks in advance

Re: field value to a variable

RicoSuave — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:17:27 GMT

You will most easily achieve this by using sideview utils available here: http://splunk-base.splunk.com/apps/36405/sideview-utils

Download the app and read through the built in tutorial and pay attention to the html module. Sideview's module introduces plenty new tokens that you can grab off of search results and pass onto other modules.

Re: field value to a variable

smolcj — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 08:36:33 GMT

hi, but in this app, i didn't find any clue to assign a variable with a field value according to the search. i am getting the values populated by the dropdown or pulldown boxes in a variable but not other field values.

Re: field value to a variable

tiberious726 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:37:31 GMT

The format you need is $results[i].fieldname$

Re: field value to a variable

tiberious726 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:33:53 GMT

another way is the ResultsValueSetter Module, which takes a "fields" param